U.S. President Donald Trump recently stated regarding the crackdown on Korean workers at the joint battery factory of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution in Georgia that "the relationship with Korea will not deteriorate."
After watching the men's final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament on the 7th (local time), President Trump returned to Andrews Joint Base near Washington, D.C., where he met with reporters and responded to a question about whether he views this incident will cause tensions in Korea-U.S. relations by saying, "No, we have a very good relationship with Korea." He added that he would look into the situation following the crackdown.
This statement marks President Trump's second response to the incident. Immediately after the crackdown on the 5th, he said at the White House, "In my opinion, they were illegal immigrants, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did their job."